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WorksheetsQuiz The Crucible
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Who is brought into Salem to help discover the witches?
Reverend Hale
John Proctor
Judge Danforth
Tituba
Why did John stop going to church?
Parris talks too much
Parris was practicing witchcraft
Parris is too greedy
John has to work on his farm
What were the girls actually doing in the forest?
Witchcraft
Practicing spells
Reading the bible
Dancing
What is a crucible?
a spell
intense suspicion
a trial
a religion
Who does Goody Putnam blame for the death of her children?
Tituba
Goody Nurse
Measles
Abigail
What is an allegory?
Symbolic representation of a larger story
Repeated consonant sounds
A long story
This one is the wrong answer.
What is the Crucible an allegory for?
The Salem Witch Trials
The American Revolution
The Red Scare
The Civil Rights Movement
What is the main conflict in the play?
Man vs. Wild
Man vs. Man
Man vs. Self
Man vs. Society
What character said "[...] and still an everlasting funeral marches 'round your heart."
Reverend Parris
Reverend Hale
Abigail
John Proctor
Why doesn't Giles give up the name of who accused Putnam?
He wants to end the accusations and hysteria
He is stubborn
He is lying
He was the one who accused Putnam
When Elizabeth tells John "The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you," she means that Proctor...
carries the knowledge of his own guilt
is too quick to judge himself
should speak more openly about his thoughts
knows that she loves him and forgives him
When John Proctor tells Mary Warren "It's strange work for a Christian girl to hang old women," he implies that Mary's behavior is...
irrational
hypocritical
cowardly
rash
Which of the following words best characterizes Mary Warren?
pious
jealous
gullible
vicious
Why does John Proctor forget to mention the commandment forbidding adultery when Hale questions his knowledge of the Ten Commandments?
He has a guilty conscience
He never learned his commandments properly
He believes that it is an unjust commandment
He is afraid of revealing his own sin
Why won't Judge Danforth honor Reverend Hale's request to pardon the prisoners who won't confess?
Because he believes they are guilty
Because the integrity of the court is at stake
Because he likes to see them hanged
Because he does not respect Reverend Hale's opinion
Why doesn't Elizabeth try to convince John Proctor to save himself?
Because she admires his desire to do what is right
Because she no longer feels anything for him
Because she thinks he deserves to be hanged
Because she still blames him for his extramarital affair
How does John Proctor find redemption (being saved from sins)?
He refuses to save himself by confessing when others have died for the truth.
He returned the land he stole from Thomas Putnam.
He admits to his lechery (affair)
He signs a confession.
Which three characters experience a transformation in The Crucible?
Reverend Parris
Reverend Hale
John Proctor
Elizabeth Proctor
Which of the following sequence shows the correct setting for Acts 1 through 4?
Parris’s house, courtroom, Proctor’s house, jail
Parris’s house, Proctor’s house, courtroom, jail
Parris’s house, forest, Proctor’s house, courtroom
Forest, Proctor’s house, jail, courtroom
It can be reasonably inferred from a quote from Proctor which fundamental truths about the witch hunt? Check all that apply.
"If she is innocent! Why do you never wonder if Parris be innocent, or Abagail? Is the accuser always holy now? Were they born this morning as clean as God's fingers?"
Once accused, it is a burden to prove one's innocence.
Those in power are the ones raising the accusations.
Those who are doing the accusing have their own flaws.
